Shade attachment.



No. 797,019- PATENTED AUG. 15, 1905..

J. K. PUTNAM.

SHADE ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATION TILED oo'r. 6,1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed October 6, 1904- Seria1No.227,393.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES K. PUTNAM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Montpelier, in the county of Blackford and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Shade Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to shades such as used upon the inner side of windows in order to exclude the light. It concerns itself especially with the construction of the shade attachments, the purpose being to facilitate the mounting of the shade and to provide improved means for controlling the position of the same.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and definitely set forth in the claim.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings. forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of a window, showing the shade and its attachments applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the upper portion of a Window-frame and a portion of the shade and its attachments. Fig. 3 is a perspective representing a roller-bracket used in connection with my invention. Fig. .tis avertical section through the upper portion of a window-casement, representing a modified arrangement for supporting the shade. Fig. 5 is a cross-section through a batten used in connection with the shade-roller and illustrating the roller-bracket used in connection with the roller and batten; and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a portion of the batten, showing a yoke attached thereto which supports the batten and roller.

Referring more particularly to the parts,

In applying my invention I attach a hanger-plate 2 tothe central portion of the upper horizontal member 3 of the window-frame. This plate is preferably provided with inclined downwardly-disposed extensions 4, which are provided on their inner faces with spurs 5,

which are adapted to be driven into the frame of the Window, as will be readily understood. Preferably at substantially the middle line of the plate 2 the same is provided with oppositely-disposed extensions 6, which extend somewhat rearwardly, as indicated in Fig. 2, and these are also provided with spurs 7 similar to the aforesaid spurs 5; but these spurs are adapted to be driven into the horizontal upper face 8 of the frame member 3. That portion of the plate 2 which projects above the frame is formed with an enlarged opening 9, as indicated, and it presents an upwardly-disposed horizontal extension 10, the purpose of which will appear more fullyhereinafter. In the lower portion of the opening 9, and preferably centrally disposed therein, a recess 1 1 is formed, which recess presents a lip 12, over which a cord 13 passes, Which cord operates to support a batten 14, carrying the shaderoller 15. This batten preferably consists of a Hat stickorlathhavingbeveled upperand lower edges 16, the elongated side of the batten being preferably disposed remote from the face of the Window-frame, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2. This batten is supported horizontally across the window-frame, as indicated in Fig. 1. Near its extremities roller-brackets 17 and 18 are attached, the bodies 19 whereof are of the common form usually found in practice. These roller-brackets are formed with integral jaws 20, which present angular recesses 21, which are adapted to receive the acute edges 22 of the bevel of the batten, as will be readily understood from an inspection of Figs. 3 and 5. The body of the bracket 17 is preferably provided with a throat or elongated recess 23, which serves the usual purpose of winding the spring of the roller, the said throat being located opposite to the usual opening 24: of the opposite bracket 18. A shade or curtain 25 of common form is employed, a portion of Which is represented as rolled upon the roller 15.

In order to support the batten 14, a hangeryoke 26 is provided, the construction of which is most clearly shown in Fig. 6. It preferably consists of a plate comprising a pair of diverging downward extensions or legs 27, having upwardly-turned extremities 28, engaging the lower bevelededge of the batten, and it has also a centrally-disposed extension or tongue 29, the extremity whereof engages the upper beveled edge of the batten. It should be understood that this yoke would be attached to the batten at substantially its middle point, so that the shade and shade-roller would hang normally in ahorizontal position, such as that shown. The aforesaid cord 13 attaches to the upper portion of the yoke 26 at a suitable eye 30. It will appear most clearly from an inspection of Fig. 2 that this cord 13 passes vertically upwardly from the yoke 26 and passes through the recess 11 over the lip 12, the free portion 31 of the cord hanging loosely in front of the shade. An arrangement is provided whereby this cord may be gripped in such a manner as to support the shade at any point desired, and this arrangement is such as to enable the grip to be easily controlled by means of the free portion 31 of the cord. For this purpose I providea grip 32, the upper portion whereof is formed into a fork 33, the extremities whereof are formed into claws 3 1, which engage the aforesaid horizontal member 10 of the hanger-plate, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2. The body of this grip is expanded to form a lobe 35,the periphery whereof normally lies adjacent to the aforesaid lip 12, the said periphery being formed with minute serrations or teeth 36. The arrangement is such that the teeth of the grip may pinch the cord 13 against the lip 12 in such a manner as to support the batten and shade, as will be readily understood. This grip 32 is provided at its lower portion with a downward extension or tongue 37, which tongue is provided near its extremity with an eye 38, through which the hanging portion 31 of the cord passes freely. In Fig. 2 the grip is represented with these teeth pinching the cord against the lip 12, so

as to maintain the shade and batten in a fixed position; but when it is desired to raise or lower the shade bodily this may be accomplished by pulling the free portion 31 of the cord away from the window. Pulling it in this manner of course operates to rotate the grip 32 outwardly upon the extension 10 as a horizontal axis, in this manner freeing the cord from the teeth 36. When held out in this position, the. cord held in the hand may be pulled in or let out in such a manner as to raise or lower the shade to any position desired. The shade may be locked again at any height desired by pulling the cord inwardly toward the window, this latter movement of the cord operating of course to pinch the cord under the teeth 36, returning the grip into substanhially the same position which it occupied before the shade was moved.

It may be found sometimes in practice that the form of the upper member 3 of the window-frame is such that it does not present an upper horizontal face, such as the face 8, which could receive the spurs 7. In order to adapt the device for attachment to windowframes of such construction. the hanger-plate 2 may be supported upon a nail 39, driven into the forward face of the upper member of the frame, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 4:. When applied in this manner, the horizontal extension 10 of the hanger-plate rests against the upper side of the nail, as will be readily understood.

The construction described evidently constitutes a shade and support therefor which may be very quickly placed in position and easily controlled. A shade which may be bodily raised and lowered like the one described should be especially useful in dentists offices for controlling the position and direction of the, light; but this use is only one of the many which the shade should have.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a device of the class described, in combination, a plate presenting downward extensions adapted to lie against the forward face of the upper member of a window-frame and having means for engaging the same, said plate further having lateral extensions resting upon the upper edge of said member and having means for engaging the same, said plate presenting an enlarged opening above said member and a horizontal extension above said opening, a grip consisting of a lever having a forked upper extremity attached to said horizontal extension, said lever projecting inwardly from said plate, presenting a serrated edge and having an eye in its extremity, the lower edge of said opening having a recess presenting a lip, adjacent to which said serrated edge may rest, and a cord passing over said lip and through said eye and adapted to support a shade.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES K. PUTNAM. Witnesses:

C. A. ULSH, J. W. WHITE. 

